The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...

Priests, princes, or plenty? The only way to answer these questions is to dig deep, and this is what archaeologists have done for hundreds of years in the tall mounds of built-up mudbrick that are the ...

Opinion - When I was a student at Lukanga Adventist Secondary School, I was among the few privileged to deliver the grand ...

After the immense international success of "La Disparition de Josef Mengele", Olivier Guez returns with "Mesopotamia" – a novel about Gertrude Bell, a young lady from Victorian high society who became ...

TOP scientists have finally recreated the face behind a 1,500-year-old “alien skull” discovered more than 50 years ago in ...

Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a ...

April’s nights see some of the sky’s largest constellations, and from their vastness spring a laundry list of celestial and ...

Modern historiography has tended to assume that violence was the primary driving force behind the formation of the first ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely ...